he 2007 First Look Film Festival is broken up into six screenings spanning four days.Select a program from the list to see the films in that screening or select 'All Films' to browse everything. Every show is different!

Program Listings:

Total Control (Closing Night): April 21st, 2007 - 8 PM Starz FilmCenter

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Closing Night Program

27,000 Days
Playing: Total Control (Closing Night) April 21st, 2007 - 8 PM (full details)
Runtime: 10:30
Directed by: Naveen Singh
School: University of Southern California

Suffering from an incurable brain tumor, a dying man re-experiences harrowing moments from his life as he writes a final letter to his estranged son.

 Winner Best Experimental Short: South by Southwest

Las Piñatas
Playing: Total Control (Closing Night) April 21st, 2007 - 8 PM (full details)
Runtime: 4:38
Directed by: Thomas Leavitt
School: Brigham Young University

Las Pinatas chronicles the tale of two ill-fated pinatas, a cowboy and a bull. The bull is excited to be invited to a party but the cowboy has seen this all before.

Lazer's 'Night Moves' Music Video
Playing: Bold Beginnings (Opening Night Program) April 19th, 2007 - 8 PM
Total Control (Closing Night) April 21st, 2007 - 8 PM (full details)
Runtime: 5:55
Directed by: Richard G Patterson
School: University of Texas

There's no escaping Rhineland's sensational, Speedo-clad techno/hip-hop group LAZER as they storm an unsuspecting Texas honky-tonk in this music video for their international smash-hit single, 'Night Moves.'

Monsoon
Playing: Total Control (Closing Night) April 21st, 2007 - 8 PM (full details)
Runtime: 21:00
Directed by: Shyam Balsé
School: USC

Govinda, a California doctor, is forced to return to his motherland in India when his estranged father falls ill. When Govinda tries to administer treatment, his father has other plans that send both of them on a journey into their pasts to try and reconcile their broken relationship before time runs out.

Potl
Playing: Total Control (Closing Night) April 21st, 2007 - 8 PM (full details)
Runtime: 3:00
Directed by: Richard Guinan
School: Art Institute Portland

On an ice flow where a penguin's life is subjectto a walrus' appetite, a gun makes a difference.

Shank
Playing: Total Control (Closing Night) April 21st, 2007 - 8 PM (full details)
Runtime: 16:14
Directed by: Jenessa Joffe
School: American Film Institute

Suburban high school freshman, Lilah, is about to learn the meaning of the word 'shank'. Naively infatuated with her soccer coach, and desperate to impress the older, more experienced girls on the team, Lilah awkwardly embarks on a sexual escapade that threatens to destroy her only true friendship!

Silences
Playing: Total Control (Closing Night) April 21st, 2007 - 8 PM (full details)
Runtime: 20:00
Directed by: Octavio Warnock-Graham
School: CCNY

In this film by Octavio Warnock-Graham, a bi-racial son confronts his mother and her refusal to acknowledge that he is of African American descent.While trying to understand his mother's choices, the filmmaker discovers that too often the truth reveals itself in the unspoken.

The Substitute
Playing: Total Control (Closing Night) April 21st, 2007 - 8 PM (full details)
Runtime: 19:34
Directed by: Talya Lavie
School: Sam Spiegel Film and Televison School, Jerusalem

Zohara is an Israeli soldier on an isolated military base who is about to get a much-anticipated transfer. Her hopes are shattered when her substitute appears to be suicidal.